The United People's Party (UPP) is a political party in Zimbabwe. It was formed in 2006 by the former ZANU-PF provincial chairman of Masvingo and ZANU-PF member of Central Committee, Dr Daniel Shumba. Party candidates ran for the first time in the by-elections of Chiredzi South and Zaka East in February and March 2007, respectively. In the 2008 parliamentary election, the party put forward 79 candidates for the House of Assembly and 27 for the Senate in eight of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces.
Dr Daniel Shumba (who self funded the Party), and its interim party leader, was denied a chance to run in the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election for allegedly arriving late to the nomination court. He later won a court application, but the judgement was issued well after the rerun elections. Other political parties feared that had the UPP got funding, it would have redefined Zimbabwe's political landscape. The UPP was also denied access to the media.
Dr Shumba has since resigned from politics in October 2009, to continue his role as a business leader in Zimbabwe. "Our revolution is not just about politics, but about economic empowerment also", said Dr Shumba.The ZANU-PF government suspended the TeleAccess telecommunication licence as punishment for Dr Daniel Shumba's democratic agenda, while he was Chairman in ZANU-PF's Masvingo province. The matter is before courts.
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